Great Scott! My short weekend in Edinburgh was definitely one to remember. Within 5 minutes of my arrival in the city center, I kid you not, there was a red-headed man in a kilt walking the streets as if he owned them. The Outlander fan in me was already on Cloud 9. I spent most […]
Category: Blog
Barcelona, the City Everyone's Singing About – Borrowing Britain
BARCELONA! Drinking… sangria… (insert all Ed Sheeran lyrics here). I hate to say we were THOSE girls on our weekend in Barcelona, singing through the streets and embarrassing America. But at least we were having fun, right? I won’t even go into what happened when Despacito came on at the nightclub. It may or may […]
A Morning in the Quaint Lakeside Village of Hallstatt
Austria was everything I hoped it would be and more. To my Dad’s utter shock, we were able to pack these 3 cities into 3 short days, traveling entirely by car! We began with Hallstatt, a quiet fairytale village that sits on the most peaceful lake. The winding alleys are overflowing with picturesque scenes. Homes […]
Love Letter to Roma – Borrowing Britain
Ciao ciao! Rome is one of the top tourist destinations in the WORLD – and how could it not be with the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, and Colosseum all within a mile of each other?! People flock for the history, the beauty and of course the food. But Rome is special to me mostly […]
Heidelberg and The Most Inspiring German Motifs – Borrowing Britain
Ah Heidelberg – a romantic German city boasting Renaissance and Gothic architecture of days past. I was immediately swept away by the character of the Altstadt (Old Town), but even more so by the castle on the hill. Surrounded by rich, green mountains and softly curved slopes, Heidelberg feels cradled by nature. It’s easy to […]
A Painter's Paradise: Lake Como – Borrowing Britain
Ciao ciao! This weekend I visited the Italian province of Lombardy and boy was it bellisima! On the map, Lake Como is surrounded by thin strips of mountainous land mass that mimic a stick figure’s legs. Charming towns with pastel homes and cypress trees dot the lakefronts, and water ferries seem to be the preferred […]
Rainbow Villages in the Amalfi Coast – Borrowing Britain
sight: brightly striped umbrellas, stacked pastel homes, winding hairpin turns in the UNESCO clifflside drive sound: romantic guitar + mandolin duo, crashing waves, soft meows from stray kittens taste: eclectic seafood pasta, Napoli-style wood fired pizza, tart limoncello touch: clumps of fresh paint on canvas, hand-woven linen, glazed hand-painted ceramics smell: fresh-squeezed lemons, salty sea […]
Winter in Iceland: Part 2 – Borrowing Britain
Today I’m sharing Part 2 of my winter in Iceland journey across the Golden Circle (if you missed Part 1, you can catch it here!) With snowmobiling, a geothermal spa experience and the Northern lights crossed off our list, we set off towards the excursion I had been waiting for my entire life: DOGSLEDDING. That’s […]
Everything You Need to Know About Attending Oktoberfest – Borrowing Britain
Despite it’s reputation for being rowdy and out of control, Oktoberfest has been one of my favorite travel memories to date. The first phrase that comes to mind is larger-than-life, and with a carnival type atmosphere skirting the 10 giant beer tents, it’s not hard to see why. Traveling solo, I debated attending this by […]
Top 16 Travel Tips to Know Before You Go – Borrowing Britain
Hello fellow adventure seekers! Let me start off by saying I am by no means a travel guru, but I have learned a few things along the way. Traveling to 14 different countries (several of them alone) will do that to you, so I thought it was high time to share some of my learnings […]